6-letter words containing s, i, r
- orgies — Plural form of orgy.
- oribis — Plural form of oribi.
- oriels — Plural form of oriel.
- orisha — A divine entity that possesses the supernatural capability of reflecting some of the manifestations of Ol\u00f3d\u00f9mar\u00e8.
- orison — a prayer.
- orissa — a state in E India. 60,136 sq. mi. (155,752 sq. km). Capital: Bhubaneshwar.
- orsini — an Italian aristocratic family that was prominent in Rome from the 12th to the 18th century
- osiers — Plural form of osier.
- osiery — An osier bed.
- osiris — the king and judge of the dead, the husband and brother of Isis, and father (or brother) of Horus, killed by Set but later resurrected (after Horus killed Set): usually depicted as a man, partly wrapped as a mummy, having a beard and wearing the atef-crown.
- pamirs — the, a mountainous region in central Asia, largely in Tajikistan, where the Hindu Kush, Tien Shan, and Himalaya mountain ranges converge: highest peaks, about 25,000 feet (7600 meters).
- paries — Usually, parietes. Biology. a wall, as of a hollow organ; an investing part.
- parish — an ecclesiastical district having its own church and member of the clergy.
- parnis — Mollie (Mollie Parnis Livingston) 1905–1992, U.S. fashion designer.
- partis — (in prescriptions) of a part.
- parvis — a vacant enclosed area in front of a church.
- perish — to die or be destroyed through violence, privation, etc.: to perish in an earthquake.
- perlis — a state in Malaysia, on the SW Malay Peninsula. 310 sq. mi. (803 sq. km). Capital: Kangar.
- persia — Also called Persian Empire. an ancient empire located in W and SW Asia: at its height it extended from Egypt and the Aegean to India; conquered by Alexander the Great 334–331 b.c.
- persis — an ancient region of SW Iran: homeland of the Achaemenid dynasty
- pieris — any plant of a genus, Pieris, of American and Asiatic shrubs, esp P. formosa forrestii, grown for the bright red colour of its young foliage: family Ericaceae
- pisher — a young boy or person who still has little experience
- pisser — something extremely difficult or unpleasant.
- pliers — pliers, (sometimes used with a singular verb) small pincers with long jaws, for bending wire, holding small objects, etc. (usually used with pair of).
- poiser — a person or thing that poises.
- porism — a type of mathematical proposition considered by Euclid, the meaning of which is now obscure. It is thought to be a proposition affirming the possibility of finding such conditions as will render a certain problem indeterminate or capable of innumerable solutions
- praise — the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
- praxis — practice, as distinguished from theory; application or use, as of knowledge or skills.
- precis — a concise summary.
- priers — a person who pries; a curious or inquisitive person.
- priest — a person whose office it is to perform religious rites, and especially to make sacrificial offerings.
- primus — Scottish Episcopal Church. a bishop who is elected to represent the church body and to summon and preside at synods but who possesses no metropolitan power.
- prised — pry2 .
- prises — pry2 .
- prison — a building for the confinement of persons held while awaiting trial, persons sentenced after conviction, etc.
- prissy — excessively proper; affectedly correct; prim.
- prosit — good health! cheers!
- prusik — a sliding knot that locks under pressure and can be used to form a loop (prusik loop) in which a climber can place his foot in order to stand or ascend a rope
- psoric — a cure for psora
- purism — strict observance of or insistence on purity in language, style, etc.
- purist — strict observance of or insistence on purity in language, style, etc.
- quires — a set of 24 uniform sheets of paper.
- quirks — Plural form of quirk.
- quirts — Plural form of quirt.
- rabbis — Plural form of rabbi.
- rabies — an infectious disease of dogs, cats, and other animals, transmitted to humans by the bite of an infected animal and usually fatal if prophylactic treatment is not administered: caused by an RNA virus of the rhabdovirus group; hydrophobia.
- rachis — Botany. the axis of an inflorescence when somewhat elongated, as in a raceme. (in a pinnately compound leaf or frond) the prolongation of the petiole along which the leaflets are disposed. any of various axial structures.
- racism — a belief or doctrine that inherent differences among the various human racial groups determine cultural or individual achievement, usually involving the idea that one's own race is superior and has the right to dominate others or that a particular racial group is inferior to the others.
- racist — a person who believes in racism, the doctrine that one's own racial group is superior or that a particular racial group is inferior to the others.
- radish — the crisp, pungent, edible root of the plant, Raphanus sativus, of the mustard family, usually eaten raw.